Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference: future-proofing the African legal profession
13 Sep - 15 Sep 2023
Session information
Breakout session 3: From M-Pesa to Jumia: opportunities and challenges for regulating new players in the African services sectors
Thursday 14 September (1430 - 1600)
Description
• How best should regulators support innovation whilst ensuring consumer protection?
• How to regulate life of civil society in this new age?
• What will be the most efficient way for law and regulation to close the gap and catch-up with the realities of disruptive technologies?
• In light of recent legislation, international developments and the recent COMESA Competition Commission’s ruling on Jumia, is the gig economy already under threat in Africa?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Caliis Badoo | Securities and Exchange Commission, Accra, Ghana; Chair, African Regional Forum |
Speakers
| Jennifer Chimanga | Clifford Chance LLP, London, England |
| Alex Ntale | Rwanda ICT Chamber, Kigali, Rwanda |
| Chukwudi Ofili | Renew Capital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |